Ask Steve: Electric Tea Kettles, Fire, and AC Electricity
Ask Steve: Electric Tea Kettles, Fire, and AC Electricity By Steve D'Antonio
Photos by Steve D'Antonio On boats with both a powerful inverter and a generator on...
Ask Steve – December 2015
Hi Steve I have a pair of Cat 3208, 1984, 300hp engines in my Jersey 40. They are well cared for and I pulled...
Photo Essay: Hull Strainer
Raw water, after lube oil it’s the very life blood of your engine and generator, supplying it with the medium that absorbs and carries...
Editorial: Working with Brokers; Advice for Boat Buyers – Sulfation; Too many Batteries Die...
Text and photos © 2019 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. From the Masthead
Working with Brokers; Advice for Boat Buyers in a Seller's Market Can one person...
Planning for and Dealing with A Sinking Ship
By Dick Stevenson Copyright March 2014 Dick and Ginger Stevenson's Valiant 42, Alchemy, underway off the coast of Turkey.
A strategy for managing a flooding situation aboard your...
Photo Essay: The Value of Backup Power
Text and Photos by Steve D’Antonio Copyright © 2014 SDMC Inc. An event that occurred a few days ago reminded me of the importance of a...
June 2016 Newsletter
Text and photos copyright © SDMC, Inc. 2016
Ask Steve: June 2016
Steve, Thanks for the fire extinguisher comments. Safety is a passion of mine and 18 months...
A Tale of Two Messages
Text and Photos By Steve D'Antonio Copyright June 2014
From the Editor
Earlier this month I shared with subscribers my decision to resign my position as Technical Editor...
Photo Essay – March 2015
Monitoring the Secondary Fuel Filter
Photo and text by Steve D'Antonio Copyright 2015 SDMC, Inc. Fuel filters, and monitoring thereof, is, or should be a fixation with...
Photo Essay: Cored Composite Construction; its Strengths and Weaknesses
Text and Photos by Steve D’Antonio Copyright © 2014 SDMC Inc. Look around any boat yard, boat show or marina and you’ll see acres of shiny...